Main Event (1,300,000 KRW)

The second of five flights for the KPC Main Event with a KRW 800,000,000 (~$544,077) guaranteed prize pool attracted 174 players and saw 22 advance to Day 2 during level 18 with a new overall chip leader in Chinese pro Lei Yu.

The No. 24 on China's all time money list already banked more than $300,000 this year, all coming from deep runs during the Poker Dream 16 and Triton events here at the luxurious Landing Casino in Jeju. His day kickstarted after flopping a boat in level 10, extracting a lot of value with a big over-bet on the river and a massive push close to the end when he faced Zi Wei Tung - chip leader at the time - in a hand where he rivered a full house with 7♥ 7♠ on 3♦ 3♣ 9♠ J♥ 7♣ to almost double his already large stack. He will start Day 2 with 722,000.

Second in chips Kecheng Long - fresh from his biggest cash of $38,381 for shipping the Super High Roller at the Danang Poker Tour just over a month ago - arrived on the leaderboard late during level 13, doubling up against Kuo Wei Kao with A♣ K♦ against A♠ Q♠ and busting Shengyong Wang with Q♠ Q♦ against 9♥ 9♠ in level 16 that led him to bag 525,000.

Third place finisher Ye Sheng accumulated 503,000 away from our view after being down to 23 big blinds when he lost a preflop all-in with A♦ K♠ against A♥ A♠ in level 12.

Day 2 will start on Saturday the 12th of April at 12:00.

Everything is looking peachy for Jin when the dealer tables T♦ 9♠ 3♣ 8♣ before going pear shaped on the river Q♣ .

With 46 out of 174 players remaining we will play down to 22 players that qualify for Day 2 and ITM starting at 27.

Easter comes early for Xu on A♥ 7♣ 7♦ 3♣ 6♦ that takes him into the 6-digits.

Fresh from his biggest cash of $49,162 for finishing 2nd in the PSCT Super High Roller a few weeks ago, Kai Cheng Hsu makes it 2,500 from the button and fills up after big blind Artem Sofronov pumped it to 8,500. The flop A♥ 2♥ 3♥ has Sofronov continue for 4,500, Hsu calls and the turn 4♣ gets checked to the river 2♦ . Sofronov tries to steal with another 12,000 lead holding 7♣ 6♣ , but gets called by Hsu's top pair A♠ 8♠ .

90 out of 130 players remain with three more levels of late registration still available.